Emerald
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16 pages
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Issue 1
Emerald Volume 1 Issue 1
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EMERALD — Issue #1
“GRACE BEFORE POWER”
Short Synopsis
Leigh Barringer’s story begins long before power ever touches her—with discipline.
As a child on a pageant stage, she learns a defining truth from her mother: strength is not about appearance, but control. That lesson shapes everything she becomes.
Years later, in 2016, Leigh is no longer a child—she’s composed, capable, and unshaken under pressure. When Rebel (Rue Robertson Jr.) walks into her clinic injured, she doesn’t panic. She takes control.
Even when violence crashes through the doors.
Even when a gun is put to her.
Leigh doesn’t break.
And Rebel notices.
Their connection is immediate—not built on fear, but mutual recognition. Control meets control. Strength meets restraint.
That moment becomes the beginning of something deeper.
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Years later, on the peaceful shores of Island Meridian, that connection has grown into love. Leigh reflects on her mother, her past, and the future she’s stepping into—one where she’s not just a partner, but a protector, a guide, and soon… family.
She’s ready.
Or at least, she believes she is.
Because as Rebel steps away for just a moment—
The sky splits open.
An emerald force tears across the horizon.
And something beyond her understanding arrives.
Not random.
Not accidental.
Chosen.
As a faint, angelic presence of her mother watches from behind, Leigh stands at the edge of transformation—still grounded, still human…
…but on the brink of becoming something far greater.
16 pages
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Issue 2
Emerald Volume 1 issue 2
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Issue #2 — “The Awakening”
Short Synopsis
After the explosion, everything changes.
Free Will wakes up in the aftermath disoriented, physically unharmed—but clearly not normal. His body feels wrong, the world sounds different, and strange energy keeps slipping out in ways he can’t control.
His powers are unstable.
Simple conversations become dangerous when his voice begins carrying unnatural influence. During a tense moment, he accidentally hypnotizes someone without even meaning to—proving this isn’t just enhanced ability, it’s something far stranger.
As panic builds, Rebel realizes this situation is beyond normal street-level problems and makes the only call that makes sense:
Tadari Santos Sr..
But Tadari isn’t somewhere safe giving advice—he’s in the middle of a brutal fight with Calvin Reynolds, a dangerous force who has come back from hell itself.
While fighting, Tadari explains the truth:
this power isn’t random.
It comes from cosmic artifact fusion—ancient spirit-binding energy connecting itself to a host. This isn’t just an accident of power.
Free Will wasn’t simply affected.
He was chosen.
The issue ends with the terrifying realization that his powers are not something he “got”—
they are something that claimed him.
